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Human rights group protests US drone killings

Human rights group protests US drone killings

Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons

A human rights group says it has found documents and physical evidence indicating Syrians were arbitrarily detained and tortured in government prisons in the eastern city of Raqqa.

Lawyers: Haiti cholera lawsuit threatened at UN

A Boston-based human rights group says it will sue the United Nations in 60 days if the world body does not agree to compensate Haitian cholera victims, apologize to the Caribbean nation for...

Paramilitary police charged with rape in Guinea

Guinea's leading human rights group confirmed that a member of the country's paramilitary police unit was found guilty of raping a female demonstrator inside the national soccer stadium during a...

Rate of killings in Syria peaks in April amid government counteroffensive

The pace of killing in Syria's civil war reached a new high in April, with one human rights group counting an average of 196 deaths daily for the month.

US urges medical treatment for Chinese detainee

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Hungary rejects criticism of constitution changes

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Texas county to use DNA samples from immigrants

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Somali government assailed after woman who accused security forces of rape is...

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Somali govt charges woman who says she was raped

A human rights group says the Somali government has charged a woman who has said she was raped by security forces.

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MIAMI: Medical alert in Guantanamo amid hunger strike

Human rights groups have called on the Defense Department to halt the force-feeding.

Elsa Morejón, wife of Cuban dissident Oscar Elías Biscet, visits Miami

Cuban human rights group: Number of political prisoners has doubled

UNITED NATIONS: Court: Libyan trials could be a 'new Nuremberg'

Scores were held in prisons under militias' command in Misrata and Tripoli, where human rights...